Salary Comparison by Club
YEAR	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997
N.Y. Yankees	$3,930,334	3,656,542	3,215,660	2,229,945	2,303,437
Los Angeles	3,755,511	3,141,883	2,410,773	1,763,528	1,734,862
Boston	3,565,027	2,861,753	2,241,861	1,676,859	1,399,491
Cleveland	3,256,952	2,707,783	2,174,932	1,888,369	1,912,062
N.Y. Mets	2,998,090	3,115,549	2,199,903	1,959,971	1,364,202
Atlanta	2,956,695	3,127,992	2,491,388	2,007,665	1,817,543
Chicago Cubs	2,811,259	2,017,536	1,988,212	1,731,924	1,230,273
Seattle	2,769,003	2,075,165	1,455,330	1,529,563	1,484,311
Arizona	2,701,205	2,828,909	2,270,453	1,087,243
San Francisco	2,600,753	2,128,333	1,650,392	1,783,535	1,657,232
St. Louis	2,556,629	2,390,042	1,515,094	1,648,114	1,552,695
Houston	2,442,357	1,625,136	1,706,294	1,590,760	1,164,686
Toronto	2,423,486	1,984,039	1,585,029	1,321,997	1,461,997
Texas	2,397,688	1,870,723	2,825,735	2,108,505	1,417,055
Baltimore	2,151,758	2,131,260	2,519,213	2,761,464	2,205,890
Colorado	1,940,255	1,734,529	1,979,154	1,743,621	1,439,720
Philadelphia	1,766,070	1,386,510	955,639	968,160	973,275
Chicago White Sox	1,739,206	1,360,172	908,704	1,436,537	1,695,296
Anaheim	1,726,087	1,619,719	1,519,745	1,473,155	1,201,291
Detroit	1,583,263	1,980,411	1,171,069	720,961	653,058
Cincinnati	1,358,813	1,298,459	1,465,418	763,206	1,295,491
Kansas City	1,314,246	798,242	534,460	1,051,479	1,167,200
Oakland	1,310,084	1,156,925	812,949	784,601	392,400
Pittsburgh	1,291,870	1,004,335	714,430	459,552	380,443
Milwaukee	1,275,571	927,610	1,433,861	1,034,708	886,587
San Diego	1,243,603	1,603,601	1,620,328	1,895,756	1,279,053
Florida	1,214,934	847,208	561,111	462,381	1,793,766
Tampa Bay	1,130,330	1,915,275	1,134,301	848,117
Minnesota	1,128,470	601,680	648,800	957,035	1,259,514
Montreal	926,333	767,420	572,290	306,162	617,711
SOURCE: Associated Press; Major League Baseball Players Association

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